10/05/2023
Our Kids online Free event - Parents Cybersafety Evening
Attention all parents, grandparents and interested parties.
We want our school and home to be a safe place.
Because of the rapidly changing times, our tamariki are growing up in and, the mounting challenges and harms they are facing online we need to start talking about and tackling this as a community.
As such, DIGITS has organised Author, Filmmaker and Speaker Rob Cope, producer of the documentary "Our Kids Online" to come and give what promises to be a humorous and eye-opening evening talk to our parent community.
His talk will cover
Cyberbullying - How cyberbullies can reach our kids 24/7
Social media - The pressure for kids to build an online brand that is often far removed from their authentic selves. FOMO, Highlight Reels
Gaming and the developing brain – An oversupply of dopamine leading to dopamine deficiency, synaptic pruning, and the underdevelopment of social skills and empathy
Naked Selfies - The pressure to send nudes from intermediate up through high school
Online predators - The methods they use, how to spot them, and how to get out from under their control if your child has been trapped
Online p**n vs healthy sexuality - How consuming online p**nography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are seen as normal and consent can become very blurry
Solutions
Filters - Which filters are best and how to install them
Smartphones - How to lock down a smartphone to make it a safe phone
Boundaries - How to put good boundaries in place around device use
3 golden rules - The 3 golden rules that will keep your kids safe
Talking to your kids - How to have difficult conversations with your kids
Challenging our own phone and device usage - Reconnecting as a family.
Here is a promotional video for you to watch Our Kids Online Parent Evening.
The talk will be held at Ross Intermediate Palmerston North on Tuesday 6th June 2023 at 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
We would request that at least one adult from each family attend, this topic is too big for us not to pay attention. You can book your free ticket here
Our Kids Online are at risk with the challenges and harms they are facing online. Come along to find strategies that will help your whanau